STAR
Minneapolis, Minnesota
CHRONICLE
September 30, 1963
San Francisco, Calif.
2ND WEEK
October 26, 1963
'U' Paper
No Smoking
Ban Approved
Surviving
By Student Vote
Ad Loss
The ban on smoking at
Menlo-Atherton High School
In its second week of pub-
was approved by the students
lication, the University of
Thursday in a 496-to-406 vote.
Minnesota student newspa-
per is not suffering any
.The ban, which applies.on
"economic setbacks" from
campus and within a two-
the loss of cigarette adver-
block area of the school, was
tising in its pages.
instituted by the principal on
The Minnesota Daily, the
October 2, on recommenda-
largestof the 37 college
tion of the student council.
dailies in the nation (30.000
The penalty for violation is
circulation) learned lrst June
that major tobacco manu-
a two-week suspension. Four
facturers were cacelling ciga-
students have been suspend-
rette advertising in college
ed since October 2.
newspapers.
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Cigarette advertising had
accounted for'9.2% of the
Daily's total advertising reve-
nue. In national advertising.
cigarette and tobacco ads
totalled 31%.
CHRONICLE
Paul Fitzgerald, business
San Francisco, Calif.
manager of the Daily said all
October 26,1963
but one of the manufacturers
(Mariboro cigarettes) have
Smoking Ban
cancelled their advertising.
Fitzgerald said that the Marl-
boro Co., had an advertising
Endorsed
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contract with the Daily for
the rest of the year.
By Students.
According to Fitzgerald,
the lost revenue will be
made up by raising local ad-
A ban on student smoking
vertising rates and increas-
)n or near the Menlo-Ather-
ing the amount of local ad-
:on High School campus has
vertising.The increase
been approved by a vote of
would be about 5 per cent.
he students themselves, the
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ichool administration an-
sounced yesterday.
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The vote was 496 to 406,
vith the total representing
learly half of 1,980 boys and
THE: NEW YORK TIMES
girls enrolled at the school.
New York, New York
The school principal, act-
October 26,1963
ng on the recommendation
if the student council. an-
Cigarette Machine Vetoed
lounced the ban on smoking
AUBURN, N. Y.,Oct.25
Jct. 2. The no-smoking zone
(AP)—After a week-long anti-
8 anywhere within two
cigarette campaiga. students at
slocks of the school.
unqny
Community College
Penalty for violation.a
voted, 366 to 167, today to re-
wo-week suspension, ha s
move l cigarette-vending ma-
xen invoked against four
chine from ·the school. The
tudents since the ban be.
campelgn Included films on can-
ame official.
cer, lectures and the distribu-
tion
pamphiets
outlining
ways to itop' smoking.
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